Another expedition to a covered bridge in PA, and Palace of Gold

Zapkin · 08-12-2023, 08:23 PM

Put about 91 actual miles on her today. Ran like a top but I have to say it does shift better with Valvoline synthetic racing oil than anything I've tried yet. Anyway. Fun Fun Fun!

Boatguy · 08-12-2023, 09:22 PM

That place is amazing!!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Vrindaban

Bikenut · 08-12-2023, 10:44 PM

Fantastic pics!!!

Zapkin · 08-13-2023, 06:46 AM

I've been going out there since the early '90s. Back in the day, after the Dead rolled through the area, we were flush with doses of LSD, and we'd go out there to enjoy the scenery and quiet. Back then, it was just after the scandals out there, and it was very sparsely populated. We were often the only humans we could see. But now, things are getting better out there. There are large numbers of visitors (beautiful women in colorful dresses) and the place is under renovation. I am not Hindu or Krishna, but the place brings me peace and takes me back to a time in my life when things were simpler (despite the mind-bending chemicals), and I was young.

bigdano711 · 08-13-2023, 07:25 AM

That's what the Hawk does for me. When I was a kid, the neighbors father would pile the neighborhood kids (along with his two youngest, Jason and Mary) into the back of his 57 Chevy stepside truck and take us on an adventure. One time we went dirt bike riding. Reed, one of the older kids, had a Honda dirt bike, likely a CG125 or CG250. It was the mid to late 70's. He took me for a ride, first time ever on a real bike. I was so small at the time, he let me sit in front of him and hold the smaller, inner bar of the handlebars. The Hawk takes me right back there in a way the Harley never could.

AJ22_ChinaRider · 03-05-2024, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Boatguy

That place is amazing!!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Vrindaban

Spent some time in the VA-WV border some time ago..and never knew about this. Sounds fun - will check it out next time I'm in the No Va region (my company's HQ is there)

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Zapkin Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Ohio Valley Posts: 639	Another expedition to a covered bridge in PA, and Palace of Gold Put about 91 actual miles on her today. Ran like a top but I have to say it does shift better with Valvoline synthetic racing oil than anything I've tried yet. Anyway. Fun Fun Fun! __________________ 2022 Hawk 250
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Boatguy Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Northeast Posts: 929	That place is amazing!!! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Vrindaban __________________ 2020 Lifan x-pect
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08-13-2023, 06:46 AM	#4
Zapkin Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Ohio Valley Posts: 639	I've been going out there since the early '90s. Back in the day, after the Dead rolled through the area, we were flush with doses of LSD, and we'd go out there to enjoy the scenery and quiet. Back then, it was just after the scandals out there, and it was very sparsely populated. We were often the only humans we could see. But now, things are getting better out there. There are large numbers of visitors (beautiful women in colorful dresses) and the place is under renovation. I am not Hindu or Krishna, but the place brings me peace and takes me back to a time in my life when things were simpler (despite the mind-bending chemicals), and I was young. __________________ 2022 Hawk 250 Last edited by Zapkin; 08-14-2023 at 01:55 PM. Reason: various grammar issues
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bigdano711 Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Big Piney, WY Posts: 409	That's what the Hawk does for me. When I was a kid, the neighbors father would pile the neighborhood kids (along with his two youngest, Jason and Mary) into the back of his 57 Chevy stepside truck and take us on an adventure. One time we went dirt bike riding. Reed, one of the older kids, had a Honda dirt bike, likely a CG125 or CG250. It was the mid to late 70's. He took me for a ride, first time ever on a real bike. I was so small at the time, he let me sit in front of him and hold the smaller, inner bar of the handlebars. The Hawk takes me right back there in a way the Harley never could. __________________ 2023 Hawk 250 from XPRO off of Amazon MOUNTAIN MAN RC + MOTO on YouTube "If there were more bloody noses, there would be less wars." - Hagbard Celine "Someday, after mastering the waves, the winds, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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08-12-2023, 10:44 PM	#3
Bikenut Join Date: Apr 2023 Location: Near Saginaw Mich. Posts: 175	Fantastic pics!!!
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